A video of a police stop in the Bronx has gone viral on Facebook, eliciting hundreds of anti-NYPD comments and leading to a change.org petition to have the officers in the video investigated.
The video shows two officers restraining and arresting a man who exited a Bx12 bus Sunday afternoon on Pelham Parkway near White Plains Rd.
The footage was later posted on Facebook by Monroe College student Dariel Reyes.
In the video, a man can be seen being confronted by the pair of officers. The man attempts to stand up when the two officers grab him by both arms.
The man can be heard repeatedly yelling, “Why you doing this to me, dude.”
Several other officers arrive and the man is thrown to the ground before being handcuffed.
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Viral video of harsh Bronx arrest prompts demands for NYPD probe.
“Oh my God,” the man yells. “Please don’t do this to me!”
An officer is then seen kicking the victim before he is hauled off toward a police car.
It’s unclear why the man was stopped by the police. Witnesses can be heard shouting in the background that the man had a receipt for his bus fare and was stopped without reason.
A second video later surfaced allegedly showing the same group of officers arresting another man at the same location.
An online petition started Tuesday addressed to Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton calling for an investigation into the incident had already received more than 100 signatures.
An NYPD representative said that the local precinct commander is aware of the incident and is looking into the matter.
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